Internal Medicine - Residency Program
USF Health

Faculty

Our faculty represent one of the main strengths of the residency program. Wards and clinics are staffed by general internists dedicated to education and teaching. The efforts of the faculty have resulted in numerous individual and departmental teaching awards.

Listed below are the general internal medicine faculty responsible for resident education.

Tampa General Hospital

Philip Altus, M.D., M.A.C.P.
Professor Emeritus
Past Program Director
paltus@pol.net
Michael Flannery, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Professor
Program Director
Charles M. Edwards, M.D., F.A.C.P., M.B.A
Associate Professor
Associate Program Director
Director, Division of Hospital Medicine
cedwards@health.usf.edu
Deborah Humphrey, D.O.
Associate Professor
dhumphre@health.usf.edu
Cuc Mai, M.D.
Assistant Professor
cmai@health.usf.edu
No Photo AvailableVincent Perron M.D. Assistant Professor
Director, Geriatrics & Palliative Care
vperron@health.usf.edu

No Photo AvailableEriKa Abel, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Associate Program Director Med/Peds
eabel@health.usf.edu

No Photo Available
 

James Haley VA Hospital

No Photo AvailableEdward Cutolo, M.D.        
Associate Professor,
Chief of Staff, JAH VA
edward.cutolo@va.med.gov
No Photo AvailableAngela Denietolis, M.D.
Assistant Professor
angela.denietolis@va.med.gov
No Photo Available.
Jeffrey Kooper, M.D.
Assistant Professor
jeffrey.kooper@va.med.gov
No Photo AvailableRoss Specter, M.D.
Assistant Professor
No Photo Available
Jose Lezama, M.D.
Associate Professor,
Associate Program Director
Chief of Medicine, JAH VA
jlezama@health.usf.edu
Alexander Reiss, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Alexander.reiss@va.gov

USF Medical Clinics

Bryan Bognar, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Associate Professor
bbognar@health.usf.edu

John McCormick, M.D.

Assistant Professor 

 
Denise Edwards, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Med/Peds
Director, Healthy Weight & Life Clinic
dedwards@health.usf.edu 
Richard Hoffman, M.D.
Professor
rhoffman@health.usf.edu
Hugo Narvarte, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Med/Peds
hnarvarte@health.usf.edu
Kevin O'Brien, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Associate Professor
kobrien@health.usf.edu
No Photo AvailableMitchell Seleznick, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Associate Professor
mselezni@health.usf.edu
No Photo AvailableRobert Walker, M.D.
Associate Professor
rowalker@health.usf.edu
No Photo AvailableSumeeta Mazzarolo, M.D.
Assistant Professor
smazzaro@health.usf.edu
Elizabeth Warner, M.D.
Associate Professor
ewarner@health.usf.edu
 
 

Moffitt Cancer Center

Debra Anoff, M.D.
Assistant Professor
AnoffD@moffitt.usf.edu
Richard Gross, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Professor, Chief of Medicine
Lucy Guerra, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
GuerrauL@moffitt.usf.edu
Bjorn Holstrom, M.D.
Assistant Professor
 

Recent College of Medicine Teaching Awards

The USF awards listed below are voted on by the senior class at U.S.F.'s College of Medicine, who choose from all faculty and departments in the entire college.
USF - Outstanding Clinical Professor
Jose Lezama, M.D. - 2009
Kevin O'Brien, M.D. - 2007
Kevin O'Brien, M.D. - 2006
Kevin O'Brien, M.D. - 2005
Kevin O'Brien, M.D. - 2004
Jose Lezama, M.D. - 2003
USF - Sir William Osler Award (Outstanding Role Model)
Kevin O'Brien, M.D. - 2007
Alexander Reiss, M.D. - 2006
Jose Lezama, M.D. - 2005
Jose Lezama, M.D. - 2004
Jose Lezama, M.D. - 2003
Richard Hoffman, M.D. - 2001
USF - Outstanding Clinical Department
Internal Medicine - 2009
Internal Medicine - 2006 
Internal Medicine - 2005
 
 
Florida ACP Teacher of the Year
 
Jeffrey Kooper, M.D. - 2009
Asha Ramsakal, M.D. - 2008
Alexander Reiss, M.D. & Kevin O'Brien, M.D. - 2007
Jose Lezama, M.D. - 2004
Bryan Bogner, M.D. - 2002
Michael Flannery, M.D. - 2001
Elizabeth Warner, M.D. - 1999